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U.S. middle school cyber bullying perpetration 2016

Prevalence of cyber bullying perpetration among middle school students as of August 2016

The data describes the prevalence of cyber bullying perpetration among middle schoolers, by individual bullying activity. During the February 2015 survey, it was found that 1.4% of all respondents had threatened to hurt someone while online.

I have cyber bullied others (lifetime)	11.5
I have cyber bullied others (past 30 days)	6
I posted mean or hurtful comments about someone online	7.1
I spread rumors about someone online, through text messages, or emails	5.4
I posted a mean or hurtful picture of someone online	4.2
I pretended to be someone else online and acted in a way that was mean or hurtful to them	4.1
I threatened to hurt someone through a cell phone text message	4
I threatened to hurt someone while online	4
I posted mean or hurtful comments online about someone with a sexual meaning	4
I posted mean or hurtful comments online about someone's race or color	3.8
I posted a mean or hurtful video online of someone	3.5
I created a mean or hurtful webpage about someone	3.3
One or more of the forms, two or more times	8.1

U.S. middle school cyber bullying perpetration 2016

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